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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2012–0052]
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2014–0078]
Notice of Petition for Approval of a
Railroad Safety Program Plan
The Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) is providing notice that it has
received a petition for approval of a
Railroad Safety Program Plan (RSPP)
submitted pursuant to Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 236, Subpart H,
Standards for Processor-Based Signal
and Train Control Systems. The petition
is listed below, including the party
seeking approval, and the requisite
docket number. FRA is not accepting
comments on this RSPP.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company submitted a petition for
approval of an RSPP. The petition, the
RSPP, and any related documents have
been placed in the requisite docket
(FRA–2014–0078) and are available for
public inspection.
Interested parties are invited to
review the RSPP and associated
documents at the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Docket Operations
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. The
Docket Operations Facility is open from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal Holidays. All
documents in the public docket are
available for inspection and copying on
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
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Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a letter dated July 25,
2014, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for an extension
of its waiver of compliance from the
Federal hours of service requirement for
train employees engaged in commuter
or intercity rail passenger transportation
at 49 CFR 228.405(b)(4). FRA assigned
the petition Docket Number FRA–2012–
0052.
In its petition, SEPTA seeks a waiver
allowing travel time from a train
employee’s home to all reporting points
to count as time off duty. FRA’s current
policy only allows travel time, at a
designated home terminal, from an
employee’s residence to a single fixed
regular reporting point to be defined as
commuting and time off duty. Travel
time between a train employee’s
residence and other than regular
reporting points is considered
deadheading and can count as time on
duty. In support of its request, SEPTA
submitted fatigue analysis of employee
work schedules, arguing that safety
would not be compromised by
approving the waiver request. SEPTA
also provided information that the
waiver would be in the public interest,
because of increased employee
availability that would reduce the
financial burden placed on this publicly
funded commuter railroad.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2014-0078]
Notice of Petition for Approval of a Railroad Safety Program Plan
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is providing notice that
it has received a petition for approval of a Railroad Safety Program
Plan (RSPP) submitted pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
Part 236, Subpart H, Standards for Processor-Based Signal and Train
Control Systems. The petition is listed below, including the party
seeking approval, and the requisite docket number. FRA is not accepting
comments on this RSPP.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company submitted a petition for
approval of an RSPP. The petition, the RSPP, and any related documents
have been placed in the requisite docket (FRA-2014-0078) and are
available for public inspection.
Interested parties are invited to review the RSPP and associated
documents at the U.S. Department of Transportation's Docket Operations
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal Holidays. All documents in the public
docket are available for inspection and copying on the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
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